IS for Collaboration in Response to Complex Problem Scenarios
and Extreme Events

Track Description
This conference track seeks to attract papers from, and develop links between, IS researchers who are working on collaborative systems research in complex problem spaces. IS has traditionally developed a BoK in this area by focussing on IS to facilitate wicked problem solutions within organisations (as published extensively in the AMCIS mini-track on Philosophical Foundations of IS). The BoK is lacking effective solutions to complex scenarios, however, that involve one or more organisations or networks of groups and individuals.

Relevant Topics
This track welcomes theoretical and empirical papers as well as those that seek to explore ideas about IS and complex problem solving (particularly in the context of responding to extreme events) by expressing a position. There is also scope to incorporate a panel to explore emergent ideas and use of IS for collaboration in complex problem scenarios which will allow accommodation of relevant and timely discussion closer to the conference.

Confirmed journal special issues and/or journal fast-track
Authors of best papers will be given extensive feedback from Track Chairs for their paper improvement and fast track to the Journal of Strategic IS for formal review. JSIS Editors will reserve the right to accept or reject papers based on this review process."

Confirmed Associate Editors
Chadi Aoun, Macquarie University, Australia
Mark Borman University of Sydney, Australia
John Campbell University of Canberra, Australia
Ulrich Frank University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany
Helen Hasan University of Wollongong, Australia
Catherine Hardy University of Sydney, Australia
Igor Hawryszkiewycz UTS, Australia
Jennifer Leonard University of Sydney, Australia
Sharman Lichtenstein Deakin University, Australia
Peter Marshall University of Tasmania, Australia
Vincent Pang UNSW, Australia
Graham Pervan Curtin University of Technology, Australia
Corina Raduescu University of Sydney, Australia
Stephen Smith NSW Government, Australia
Craig Standing Edith Cowan University, Australia
Nelly Todorova University of Canterbury, New Zealand
Savanid Vatanasakdakul Macquarie University, Australia
John Venable Curtin University of Technology, Australia
Doug Vogel City University of Hong Kong, China

Track Chairs
Deborah Bunker University of Sydney, Australia
Richard Vidgen UNSW, Australia
Linda Levine SEI Carnegie Mellon, USA
Tony Sleigh LPMA NSW Government, Australia
Nina Vayssiere SAP, Australia

Contact details
deborah.bunker@sydney,edu,au
r.vidgen@unsw.edu.au